Correction to: Intensive Care Med (2017) 43:1495–1497 DOI 10.1007/s00134-017-4902-1

The second element of the second author’s name was misinterpreted as a given name, whereas in fact it is part of his family name. The correct version of his name for indexing purposes is therefore A. Mekontso Dessap (not A.M. Dessap).